The invention discloses a device and a method for preparing silica by taking
sodium silicate as a
raw material, and relate to the preparation of silica. The device comprises a
sodium silicate solution
storage tank, a high-pressure
carbonization reaction / aging kettle, a
gas compressor, a
heat exchanger, a
check valve, a
back pressure valve, a pumping, filtering and cleaning
machine, a
slurry preparation tank, a dryer, a
carbon dioxide storage tank and a
temperature control system. The method comprises the following steps: dissolving
solid sodium silicate in water, filtering the obtained object, then adding water into the obtained product so as to obtain a
sodium silicate solution, pumping the
sodium silicate solution into the kettle, and feeding
carbon dioxide into the kettle so as to obtain
silica gel; controlling the temperature and
carbon dioxide pressure in the kettle, carrying out aging and pore fixing on the obtained product and removing the pressure in the kettle so as to obtain saliferous silica
slurry, then transferring the saliferous silica
slurry to the pumping, filtering and cleaning
machine to carry out
solid-liquid separation, washing a
filter cake by using water, detecting filter liquor by using a saturated
barium hydroxide solution, stopping washing until no
precipitation exists, and washing the
filter cake by using
anhydrous ethanol; and adding
ethanol into the
filter cake, and stirring the obtained product so as to prepare slurry, and then
drying and crushing the obtained object so as to obtain silica. The process is simple, and a subtranslucent silica product with a high pore volume and a large specific surface area is obtained conveniently.